Aliyah

//əliːˈjɑː//

Synonyms for "aliyah"

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Translations

22 translations across 16 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • عَلْيَا noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Catalan

1 entries
  • aliyà noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 阿利亞 /阿利亚 noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

French

1 entries
  • alya noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ალია noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)
  • ალია ლა-არეცი noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

German

1 entries
  • Alija noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • עֲלִיָּה noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)
  • עלייה noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)
  • עָלָה verb (to make aliyah)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • alija noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)
  • alijázik verb (to make aliyah)
  • aliázik verb (to make aliyah)

Japanese

1 entries
  • アリーヤー noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Korean

1 entries
  • 알리야 noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Ladino

1 entries
  • aliyá noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Polish

1 entries
  • alija noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • aliyá noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Russian

1 entries
  • алия́ noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Spanish

2 entries
  • aliyá noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)
  • aliá noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עליה noun (immigration of Jews to Israel)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The dramatic rise in antisemitism this year has caused the number of Jews making aliyah to increase by 31%.

Source: tatoeba (10357346)

In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel.

Source: wiktionary

Anti-Semitism is a method of fooling Jews into aliyahing to Israel, the homeland, the sanctuary, in the pretence they will be safe. In the last 50 years how many Jews have died in Israel as a result of anti Jewish attacks....and how many have died in the diaspora?

Source: wiktionary

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